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US3204758A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Pill container

Assignee: Pfizer Inc
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Filing: 1963-04-25
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Granted: 1965-09-07
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Expires: 1983-04-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Horner Hugh
  • 👤 Thomas C Grenfell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 03:03
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D83/00; B65D83/04; B65D83/0481

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 155 words
A CONTAINER OF PILLS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A RECEPTACLE AND MEDICAMENT PILLS INSERTED IN SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING A TOP, BOTTOM AND IMPERFORATED SIDE WALLS, AN INSERT ELEMENT WITHIN SAID BOTTOM OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID INSERT ELEMENT HAVING A LOWER SURFACE OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE AND SHAPE AS SAID BOTTOM OF SAID RECEPTACLE THEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING MOST OF SAID BOTTOM OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID INSERT ELEMENT TAPERING UPWARDLY TOWARD ITS CENTER AND TERMINATING ADJACENT SAID TOP OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID INSERT ELEMENT OCCUPYING SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-THIRD OF SAID RECEPTACLE VOLUME TO PREVENT A CONCENTRATION OF SAID PILLS INT HE LOWER CENTER OF SAID RECEPTACLE WHEREBY AGGLOMERTAION OF SAID PILLS IS PREVENTED, A SEALING LID SECURED TO THE TOP OF SAID RECEPTACLE A DISPENSING LID BEING SECURED TO SAID RECEPTACLE ADJACENT ITS TOP, AND SAID DISPENSING LID HAING AN APERTURE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN ONE OF SAID PILLS TO THEREBY CONTROL THE DISPENSING OF SAID PILLS.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-09-06 1969-03-08 1969-09-07 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-09-06 1973-03-08 1973-09-07 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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